Collection Time Period

New York state censuses were created approximately every decade beginning with 1825. This official date of enumeration for this census is Feb. 16, 1892.

Record Description

The record is a printed form that was filled in by hand by the enumerator. The schedules are usually arranged by county and political subdivisions.

Record Content

Key genealogical facts found in the 1892 New York State Census are:

Name

Gender

Age

Color

Country of birth

If citizen or alien

Occupation

This census does not cover the entire population of the state of New York. Some of the modern-day counties did not exist in New York State in 1892. New York City organized its five boroughs six years later in 1898. New York created Nassau County that same year.

Not every county that was enumerated is currently included in this collection. Eventually it should encompass the following counties:

Albany

Allegany

Broome

Cattaraugus

Cayuga

Chautauqua

Chemung

Clinton

Cortland

Delaware

Dutchess

Erie

Essex

Genesee

Greene

Hamilton

Herkimer

Kings

Lewis

Madison

Monroe

Montgomery

Nassau (see Queens County)

Niagara

Onondaga

Ontario

Orleans

Oswego

Otsego

Queens

Rockland

Saratoga

Schenectady

Schoharie

Steuben

Tioga

Tompkins

Warren

Washington

Wayne

Yates

The following counties are missing the 1892 census:

Bronx (part of New York & Westchester Counties in 1892)

Chenango

Columbia

Franklin

Fulton

Jefferson

Livingston

New York

Oneida

Orange

Putnam

Rensselaer

Richmond

St. Lawrence

Schuyler

Seneca

Suffolk

Sullivan

Ulster

Westchester

Wyoming

How to Use the Records

A census can provide you with names and ages of family members, which you can use to calculate birth or marriage dates. It can provide the county where your ancestor lived, people living with or gone from the family, and relatives that may have lived nearby. The census may identify persons for whom other records do not exist.

Record History

Colonial censuses were created by the state of New York and were taken about every ten years beginning in 1690. State censuses began to be taken about every ten years in 1795. This census does not cover the entire population of the state of New York. Some of the modern-day counties did not exist in New York State in 1892. New York City organized its five boroughs six years later in 1898. New York created Nassau County that same year.

Why This Record Was Created

The census was compiled to obtain a count and description of the population of the state of New York.

Record Reliability

The information is generally reliable. However use the information with some caution, since the information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified.

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Sources of Information for This Collection:

"New York State Census, 1892", index and images, FamilySearch; Digital images of originals from county courthouses throughout the state of New York. "1892 state census". FHL microfilm, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.